How to Create a Short Answer Question

Short answer questions allow students to respond with brief, free-form answers, like phrases or numbers. Once you’ve chosen Short Answer as your question type, follow these steps to create your question.

Short Answer Questions

1. Enter a question prompt in the Compose Question area.

Set Correct Answers

1. Enter the number of Points you want awarded for a correct answer

2.In the Allow drop down menu, select either Exact match or Any text containing.

More Options

1.If you want correct points to be tied to case sensitivity, check the Case Sensitive box. If not, leave it unchecked.

2.Enter the Character Limitfor student responses.

3.Enter the number of points you want awarded for Participation.

Note:

Enable Auto Scoring is set as the default. If you would prefer to manually grade your short answer questions, click to remove the check from this box. This will remove the scoring options and provide a place to enter the total points possible.